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Letters .Patent JlTo. 66,675, dated July 16, 1867.

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Be it knownl that I, RICIIAn H. CHINN, of the city und county of Washington, and District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful improvement in Nntmeg-Graters; and do hereby declare the following to be a i'ull, clear, and exact-descriptionof the seme, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ef this speciicationand in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view ot' my invention.

Figure f2 is a perspective view of the nutmeg-holder, showing its internal construction.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

In this invention the nutmeg is held in a sliding-box working over the grater, against which it is pushed by a spring in the sliding-box.

The object of theinvention is to enable the operator to use up the entire nutmeg without bringinghis fingers into contact with the rough face of the grater, and thereby wounding them.

In `the drawings, A represents a tin box having one of its sides punched with small holes, so as to form a grating-surface, B, on the inside of the box. The opposite side of the box is open, its cdges'a being turned in slightly their whole length, ancla flange or lip, a a', being attachedto the sides of the box over the edges aa from the point c to c', about four-fifths the length of the bor.r A, so as to form between the tianges a a and the edges a a groovcs,'in which the sliding-box is guided, so that it shall always run in a plane parallel to the grating-surface B. C is a conducting-tube on the box outside of the grating-surface, catching the grated nutmeg und delivering it from the ends ofthe tube'G. is an aperture opening from the'interior of the box A into 'the lower end of the conducting-tubc C, through which all the grated nutmeg that does not pass through the per-v forationsin the plate B' escapes into the conducting-tube. E is the sliding-box, which holds the nutmeg while the operation of grating is performing. The body of it is oblong, and has a. spiral spi-ing, F, Ain its centre,4 pressing against the nutmeg, and holding it down against the .grating-surface. Above the 'top` of'4 this oblong "box is a rectangular collar, e, and projecting above that a handle, E. The body of the box is too long'` to go through between vthe bent edges a a, except sideways. When it has beenthusinserted at the endofthe ilanges a a', turn it a quarter round, so that the body ofthe box E shall run under' the bent edges qa', while vthe collar e slides in the groove between the edges a a and the flanges a a. H is a hook by meafns of which to hang the grnter up when not in use.

The nutmeg is placed in the sliding-box E upon the spring F, and the box Eis then inserted into the box A as ab'ove described. By slidingithe box E backward and forward in that position, by-'meas of the handle E', the opera-tion of grating is eifectually performed.

The handle E may be made a hollow cylinder, havingV the shaft or piston K sliding vertically in it, so that the piston Kean be pressed down upon the nutmeg by pressure upon the head or thumb-piece L, and the nut- 'meg then be held against the grating-surface by the action of the operating thumb. When this form is used the spiral spring F may beomitted.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-f The box A, havinga foramin'ous bottom, B, and below it a conducting-tube, C, incombination with the nutmeg-holders E fitted to slide within the box A, handle E', and sliding piston K L, when arranged to operate in the manner and for the purpose specified. I y

To the above specification of my improvement I have signed my hond this 18th day of May, 1867.

RICHD H. CHIN N.

Witnesses:

S. C. Kanon,- CnAs. A. P'nr'm; 

